Nationwide Childrens Hospital and IHOP Partner to Help Kids Everywhere During National Pancake Day

February 11, 2015

Nationwide Children’s Hospital and all seven central Ohio IHOP franchises are pleased to announce their partnership that will benefit children locally, as well as everywhere. Central Ohio patrons will have an opportunity to help kids everywhere with a purchase of the recognizable Children’s Miracle Network balloon icon from Feb. 1-March 3. With all funds supporting Nationwide Children’s Hospital, a Children’s Miracle Network hospital, the campaign will culminate with the popular National Pancake Day Tuesday March 3.

Prior and during National Pancake Day, with their purchase of the balloon icon, guests of the seven central Ohio IHOP locations – Chillicothe, Heath, Lancaster, Renner Road (Hilliard), Reynoldsburg, Sawmill Road and Westerville – will have an opportunity to include their name on the CMN balloon icon, which will be displayed throughout the restaurants.

The signature event for all CMN hospitals and IHOP, National Pancake Day will occur from 7 a.m.-10 p.m. March 3. During this time, customers can order a short stack of buttermilk pancakes at no cost. Each of the seven central Ohio IHOP locations will continue to accept voluntary donations during National Pancake Day as well.

Since beginning National Pancake Day in 2006, IHOP, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary of its busiest day of the year, has raised $13 million in support of a variety of charities in their local communities.

Why: To Help Kids Everywhere. One hundred percent of contributions during the campaign from Feb. 1-March 3 will be donated to Nationwide Children’s Hospital

About Nationwide Children's Hospital

Named to the Top 10 Honor Roll on U.S. News & WorldReport ‘s 2018-19 list of “Best Children’s Hospitals,” Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of America’s largest not-for-profit freestanding pediatric health care systems providing wellness, preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative care for infants, children and adolescents, as well as adult patients with congenital disease. Nationwide Children’s has a staff of more than 13,000 providing state-of-the-art pediatric care during more than 1.4 million patient visits annually. As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.